She was given eight weeks custody, suspended for a year, after admitting having a knife in public on September 25. A government surcharge of £115 and £85 prosecution costs were ordered from Khan of Exeter Road, Nottingham.

Presiding magistrate Laura Woodings told her: "There is no doubt what happened was very serious.

"Haydn Road is very busy, there is a school down there. It was 4pm and people were clearly alarmed because they called the police to say there was someone shouting that you were going to stab someone."